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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-05-04

This man, CT. G.. Hoffman. has risen
by the use of Botanic Blood Balm (B.
b. g.. to his present wonderful improved
condition, In Il short time bis homeless
forehead will be fully healed, and he will
stand o monument of humanity raised
from the verge of death. Few persons
V e recover from such n low state, being
on n dying bed from. that toll destroyer,
blood poison, with the bone of lis fore
head rottcd and taken out 2,x3 inches
by tho doctors, and given out to die.
From skin and bones, wrecked ly blood
poison, to health and sound flesh is tho
work of b. =. Il.
Not many such desperate eases may
be found. but when they arc they should
not despair Of recovery, as b. Is. 3. viii
cure them.
When this medicine can curc such ,x.
tremc cases, is it not reasonable that it
will euro all cases of blood poison of less
violence, as it has done in thousands OF
instances?
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-05-04
Our Business with Canada.

Few of the men, perhaps not even
Senator ingalls, himself, who will be
satisfied with nothing but q war with
Canada, lave little knowledge of the
enormous interests that would be i'm,
pcri!cd by such n conflict. According
to the report of the Bureau of Statistics
tie exports from the United States to
the Dominion i'll 1886 were OF the value
of $ii ,S5S, O39, of which sum 500, 60
$40 represents tie value OF dutiable mer.
chandlso aud $l5, 1913, lG3 the value OF
merchandise free of duty. The Canadian
customs officers report much larger
figures. The value Of III importations
from Canada in 1856 was, according to
their figures, $37,3l4, G3G, OF which $25,-
3U9, lO3 was the value of dutiable mer-
chandise and ST., 005, 533 the value OF
free wares. The value, therefore, OF the
commerce iaperiled Ivy the passage of
the fisheries retaliation bill 10 IN The
ncighborhood of $50, 600, 600. Our OK
ports to the entire British North Ameri-
can possessions in 1886 were of the value
OF $40, 1882; our imports therefrom
33I,1JG,3bS, making n total commerce of
%S7, 2G9, 80 likely to be be affected more
or less by retaliation. The total i'm.
portatlons Of fish in tho same period
were worth 1857, G40, over on~e.fourth of
the value of the fish importation from
all parts of the world. The number of
New England vessels engaged in catch
ing tie cod, mackerel, herring and food
fishes and menhaden in 1886 was l,2OO.
employing 1920 mon, two-thirds of
whom arc Canadians.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-05-04

a Scheme to Rob the Government.

Tho Pacific Railroad Commission Las
hardly been organized before the rumor
is put out that the stockholders of the
Union Pacific, one of the companies to
be investigated, will turn over the main
line, stripped Of its branches and bust
ness, to the government for an elephant.
The government will thus, it is assumed,
practically lose its debt, and the men
who have swindled it will form o new
transcontinental system out of the roads
built, it is alleged, with Union Pacific
funds, but not consolidated with the
Union Pacific line. The investigation
now on foot will show whether the
scheme will work. 1t may turn out that
the government will be able to trace it's
property and find itself entitled to con
trOl the branch lines.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-05-04
%,,GhorptngN COTTON.

R.J cddinS in Southern Cultivatorj
The characteristic work on u cotton
farm during the month of May is cotton
chopping. Among the many machines
that have been invented to do tins work
none has yet been Very favOrably re-
ccived or generally adopted by farmers.
The operation is ouc-like cOtton-plck-
ing-thut seems to demand an ever
| changing motion and the exercise of an
| cver-acting Judgment which cannot be
m%atcrialiHCd iurO a machine. Such a
machine, however, Is probably within
the possibilities of human invention.
The cotton harvester is I'll undiSputcd
necessity; but it is not so clear that II
mochiuo for chopping, or merely
"hlockinG out" acknowledging the
continuous row of plants 20 bunchcs-is
exactly what is needed. Why SOW The seed
SO as to secure Il continuous row OF
plants, and then at the first operation
proceed to destroy the continuity? On
poor, unfcrtilized land, which requires
that the plants should stand very close
In order to make a maximum crop, such
Il continuous row is perhaps necessary;
but it seems an unnecessary waste OF
seed and labor on land which Will bear
The stalks IS inches to two or three feet
apart. Why not plant the seed on such
land in hills or stepS-aircady chopped?
The writer planted his ontiIG crop two
successive years in hills &X3l feet with
thc ECa5 satisfactory results. But it is
too late now to diSCuss the policy OF hill
or step planting. Lho crop is nearly all
tainted aud much Of il VIII o bc
ready for the first operation,
If the soil las been impactcd from the
eject OF one or more rams after plant.
! iny. it is OF the first lrDno,nuco "a br.,k
The crust and lot in the liqht and nir.
yun condition of tho land in tnig rr.roct
and the uccessiti,. al iLr com crpn viii
determine whether IL will Bs ba,in, =,
| chop before or after liyyyipo. When
tho ground is in rood. mellow condition.
have often gouua II better fn nnt tho
! hoes TO work III advance OF plowiuy and
ms soon u. the sccl-l,pt uI lilo Yllnt j.;
fully developed. II t4!a l,lan is uiuy,sd
Ito work OF chopping out Should and
nav be y.ry nriIiy done, tho "im no..
iur TO get over the CROP in . week or ten
Gays or less. ii does not pay to con
| sumo the time shat would he ]rcduircd TO
| thin out to n giycn numDcr Of plants, or
t leave each bunch in n prygCrt cyudi.
ton. II the crop has been wcll and
! smoothly planted and the qround is
mellow and free from distractions, sncn
as clods and stones. a hand shout 40 in
! Il kind OF half walk, rarely giving more
than a stroke for each bunch ol plants
| lott. We have seen expert hoc.hands 20
oyc. in this way two acres per hand Der
day, and even lno.c l,iucmbcr, int
tins plan. hooing, or "b,ocl.i.g OUT
| ahead OF the plows, requires and assume
thas the cotton should be plowed within
Il few days. Generally the cotton crop
needs to be "goue over with blows or
hoes as rapidly as it was planted. Il
sometimes occurs that the whole CROP
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-05-04
Free Trade and Protection.

Our brother of the Rome Courier thinks
that we are on the wrong line in being in
favor OF n protective tariff. Well, we arc
Of opinion hat our friend of The C0uyie,
Is on the wrong line in being in favor of
free trade. lie is entitled to his views, and
we always respect an honest difference of
opinion. The Democratic party is LARGE
enough and patriotic enough for its mem
bers to entertain different views on eco
nomic questions. We warn our friends
that the party will be handicapped If it goes
into The next Presidential election with
anything like free trade platform. In our
judgment, it cannot win with tarif for
revenue only. II Il an opcu secret that we
lost the election of 1880 on that Issue. We
won in 1884, because, while promising n
tariff for the needs OF the government hon.
cstly Administered. we promised, at the
same time. TO protect our industries and
labor. -IiHgmiH ChrOnise,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-05-04

If you experience n bad taste in the
mouth, sa,!owncss or yellow color of skin,
feel stupid and drowsy, appetite unsteady,
frequent headache or dizziness. you are
bilious" and nothing will arouse your
liver to action and strengthen up your sys.
tenn like DR.. Picrce's Golden Medical
Discovery" BY druggists.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-05-04

An instant relief for collie OF infants.
Cures ~Dyscntery, Diarrhma, Cholera
lniantum or any diseases of the stomach
and bowels. Makes the critical period
OF Tcething safe and easy. Is q safe and
pleasant tonic. For sale by all druggists,
and for wholesale by HowARD, WnLEr
~ Co., Augusta, Ga.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-05-04
Nnws NOTES.
Items Col Interest Gathered from yarion
Quarters.


were covered with snow ucSu@y norInuS
A large anii.cocrcion meeting was heih
IN Cincinnati last night
Roscoe Conkliug is talked of for thcprcS
idency OF the New York Athletic Club.
Fire gut,rd Dob TO OPT Canal street, New
York, last night. No fatalities. Loss not
stated.
lanes G. Blaine and family passed
through Albany. n. y, Wednesday. bound
for Augusta, Maine.
Bloxham 10, Perry %. Pasco 1G. scat.
tering -, Goodrich 10, was the vote in
Tallahassee Wednesday.
Tbir,cnp Irish corstohlrs who have ~.
contIy rnsinnra viii SniI for America to.
morrow.
Ii,uton,,t Iohr AZ Doronbo,,o,, WINS
hu,ioS S,,r5,, MIN mmiliiorv Gnrors 81 ne,
wnrn n W. ~
'NSN' -
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-05-04

a Boston doctor, who has Just retired
with a big fortune, says he drew remedies
for corns and consumption u of the same
keg, and most of his patients got well.
This Is believed 10 be the first physician
who ever confessed,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-05-04
actors property In Milwaukee, has come %
this country from England to enforce the
payment of his so.called claim.

chased two large lots at the intersection of
Twenty-tirst street and Connecticut avenue,
Washington, for $15, 600 and will build a
fine residence on the ground at once.
\ Fort Monroe, Va, dispatch says that
Private Minfield S. Miller, Comyapy G.,
9Th artillery, was drowned while returning
from the Soldiers Home Theatre. His
body was recovered.
Sir Edward Thornton and Marty have
arrived in Richmond, and made the ac-
Quaintance OF the members of the commits
sion appointed by the Virginia Legislature.
The joint compassion is now in session.
1t is fortunate that the war horses of
famous soldiers are diving off so FIST II
would have been only II question of time
when some Congressman would Introduce
Il bill to pension thcm,-PhH. Times.
A dispatch from Cookton, Australia. an.
| nouuccs that the steamer Benton, from
Singapore, was sunk in a collision with y
bark OH the Island OF Formosa, aud that
1870 persons were drowned. No Europeans
were lost.
Tho Denver Labor Assembly No, 32l1
Knioh,s of Labor adnptcd n Resolutions |
cnnSIlrinp President Cleveland because of
his action in ordering troops to Dakota to
cvict settlers on the Crow and W~inncbago
agencies.
TLo ,,ti SLorn,,r ,,or Of \y,,r;ro, al
claim Il" link thnt thn Ohio irndnr;s Snuth.
rrn rim WINS taken too arIy in Tho cnnw,ss
| 1t would have pleased them better If he had
not gone before the spring of 80.
Iinr,nnont covornor Ri1llo Sooro,,r,
! ,f St,tn Nijrr md S,n,n AnLi,nr McCnr,L,!
| If Inc Knnsos hn,,d of rn;I,,NoL nySnsSnrs
u,orn 81 iIrnI ,nI ,, Isl ,Ian,I,,
NV The Wreck If - troin on viii ~ Nov w,crt
riding.
Eimht .scabo PATTERNS were mt into ,bo
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-05-04

= = y y Delicate diseases of either sex
however induced. speedily aud permanently
cured. Book OF particulars 10 cents in
stamps. Address, Worlds DispcnsaFy
Medical Association, SOB Main street, Buff
falo, N. Y.
Nature never bnilded so perfectly that
fashion did not try TO improve the work.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-05-04

The Mayor ana doctors OF Conoyer
Will verify the awful condition from
which Mr.. lIotrmou was raised.
y z "a,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-05-04

The Constitution requires at ica.. one
school to be kept open at least six months
in each yoIr in each school district. Ii OC.
Cured TO rs thai /. dcyolycd upon the
officer who is by law The superintendent of
| schools to see that this requirement ~ car
ricd out. But a correspondent, Mr.. Geo.
b. Cromcr, who ia q lawyer, and a good
lawyer, takes a different view, and insists
tluut the Superintendent has no powers or
duties beyond those conferred upon him by
the General Assembly. III that view is cor
rect, then the General AsscmbIYistO blame
for not making it the duty Of the Superin
tcndcnt to carry out this Tcquiremynt.
Netcber1Y OJSercct.
isn't that Mrs. UolmGs? | thought the
doctors gave her up. She looks we'll now"
she is well. After the doctors gave MP
her case size tried DIR. Picrces ravorite
Prescription and began 20 &C. better right
away, ] heard her say not long ago. LGat
she hadn't felt so well in 20 years. She
does her oHn work and says that life seems
worth living Mt last. Why said she, Il
feel as if ] had been raised from the dead.
almost" Thus do thousands attest the
marvellous efficacy Of this God given rene.
dy for female weakness, prolapsus, ulccra.
ton, leucOTrhGe, morning sickness, weak.
ness of stomach, tendency TO canccrous
disease, nervous prostratlon, general debili.
ty and kindred affections.
Man is like q ~potato-never sure when
he will get into bot water"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-05-04

Man is like potato-never sure when
he will get into hot water"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-22
a Curious Bird-Dance.

Mr.. G. +. Holder, the naturalist OF
Central Park, thus describes a curious
dance of birds: Among the birds Of the
Western hemisphere the cock of the
rock ranks next to the crane in the
strangeness of it's cvolutions. The bird
is confined to South America, and is
about the size Of a small pigeon; has a
bright orange web in the male, with a
plume-like arrangement upon the head.
1t is a proud bird, principally building
its nest in rocky places not frequented
by man. At the commencement of the
breeding season a party of birds, num-
bering from ten to twenty, assemble,
and selecting clear space among the
rocks form ring or circle, facing in
ward. Now a small bird takes its place
in the center and begins to hop about,
toss its head, lift its wings, and 20
through all the strangest movements
possible, which appear to be watched
with great interest by the rest. When
a performer is thoroughly exhausted he
retires to the circle and another bird
enters the ring, and so on, until all
have been put through their PAGES,
when the pairs probably make their Sc
lection Often the birds are so ex-
hausted after the dances that they can
hardly fly, lying painting on the rocks.
S1Ciss Cross.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-22

JOHN E. BLAINE, brother of James G.
Blaine, is lying at the point of death at
Hot Springs, Ark.
A TERRIBLE storm visited Charleston,
w. Va, on the 18Th, sweeping timber,
small houses, etc.
The business portion of North Middle
town, KY, was almost totally destroyed
by fire on the 18th.
NEW labor movement has been started
in New England which will, to some ex-
tent, weaken the Knights of Labor organ
ization.
AT Menasha, Wis, on the 10th, all the
girls in the wooden mill went on strike.
The proprietors of the mill ordered all the
windows facing the street painted recently
so that the girls employed would attend
strictly to business and not be tempted to
watch passersby. The girls refuse to re-
turn unless the paint is removed.
A SYNDICATE composed of Chicago
capitalists and United States army officers
has purchased a tract Of 100000 acres ly-
ing in the States of Coahulla, Durango and
Chihuahua, in Northern Mexico.
CoLoRADo has quarantined against the
introduction of cattle from Illinois, Ken
tucky, Maryland, West Virginia, Della
ware, New Jersey. New York, Massachu-
setts, Rhode island, Connecticut, Missouri,
Kansas, Pennsylvania, and the District of
Columbia.
A WESTERN firm of lawyers, of whom
the Interstate Commerce Commissioners
have never before heard, have asked per-
mission to make use of the Commissioners
names as references"
AT a meeting of the Capital Light
Guards of jackson, Miss, on the 10th, the
company formally Withdrew from the Ma
tional drill.
PAT MALoNEY, aged 90 years, was burn
ed to death at Memphis on the 18th. Ed
ward Feeney, youth of Is years, in his
heroic efforts to rescue Maloney, was hor-
ribly burned about the body, and will
probably die.
r.. II. KNAPP, a prominent real estate
broker and politician of Atlanta, Ca, has
fed the country, having victimized a large
number Of persons out of sums aggre-
eating $4,000.
1T is reported that President Cleveland
wishes very much to make a Southern and
Western trip. He wants to go to St
Louis, then through Tennessee, Georgia
and Alabama, but if he thinks it best to
call an extra session Of Congress it is
likely be viii have to forego the Southern
part Of his tour.
While viewing the wreck of a freight
train on the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad, at Palatine, H., on the 18th, six
persons were killed by the bursting of a
large water tank.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-22
Ruilt bv Washineton.

The mill that Washington built stands
in rayinc about half mile east of
Peryopolis. Fayette County. il is still
in operation and propelled, as he de-
signed. by stream flowing down a
rugged run called after the founder of
the mill. The latter is. as might be
expected. rude structure Originally
it consisted of but one story, and the
lines where Washington left of and
the improvements. such as they were,
begun are plainly discernible. The
name Of the present proprietor il Sam
uel Smith, who takes pride ont Of tho
fact that it has been kept in the Smith
family since it passed from the posses
sion Of the illustrious founder. To the
east of this is to be seen two If the
block houses in which Washington
slaves were housed-tbe only ones re-
manning through the years since their
occupany. Still further east On the
elevation stands the house of Mr. Her
sey. one Of the original owners Of that
portion of the grant to Washington
upon which Perryopolis was built
Pittsburgh Leader.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-22
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News.
wAsn1NaroN NOTES.


THE Commissioner OF the Land ONCE has
cancelled tweuty-eight pre-emption entries
and held for cancellation twenty-nine
others in the Oberlln, Kan, land district,
npon evidence taken at a hearing before
the register and receiver. The persons
making the entries were alleged to be
myths.
SECRETARY WHITNEY is said to have under
his consideration the organization Of q naval
reserve force, after the English plan.
CONGRESSMAN SPRINGER presided at a
meeting Of Irish-Americans in Washington
on the l4th to protest against coercion.
TIE Comptroller or the Currency has de
clared a second dividend of forty per cent.
70 the creditors Of the City National Bank
OF WilliamspOrt, Pa. This makes in all
ninety per cent. paid to the creditors on
claims proved, amounting TO S13O,341
1T was stated at both the State and Navy
Departments that there was no truth in
the dispatch from Key West that Commo-
dOre Green, Of the United States steamer
Nantic, officially forbade the English men
of-war at Port Au Prince 90 carry out the
threat of seizing Tortugas Island. Secre-
tary Whitney never heard Of such a thing
until he saw the dispatch in a New York
paper.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-22
THE SONG THE SIRENS SANG.

In sea caves dark and rocks where hides
The restless wind that haunts the sea,
Where murmuring waves and moaning tides
Chant their unceasing melody:
In meadows bright with fadeless spring,
Where dead mems bones the light defiles,
What were the songs they used to sing
The sirens of this sunny isles
Soft breathed and tender, sweet and low,
Across the waters dark and wild,
The Wanderer heard their numbers flow,
And all his soul their charm beguiled;
Swift through the breakers snowy foam
He drove his bark with painting breath,
Forgetting wife and child and home,
While sirens sang him to his death.
We know their songs-they had but one
Odysseus heard the fateful thing;
And madness seized Laertes' son,
Who heard THE Flowers that Bloom in
Spring.
And still unchanged in air or word,
The sirens sing, with tireless breath,
The same Old song Ulysses heard,
And with it still sing men to death.
Robert J. Burdette IN Brooklyn Eagle.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-22

A SETTLEMENT Cf the -AfEhan question is
reported to have been effected. BY she
terms OF this settlement England assents
to the Russian demand for that branch of
the Oxus, uowheld bv the Afghans, in eN-
change for when concessions VIII be made
OF territory on tho Northwest froatier.
THE seventeen birthday OF King William
of Holland. was celebrated in Amsterdam
on the l2th by grand procession led by
the King and Queen.
TIE value OK cotton exports from the
United Ssates daring March aggregated
S.. S92,oSS, against Sl5 s3T,5a) in March,
1856
Two hundred and sixty political arrests
were made at Odessa Easter Sunday. Five
persons were surprised iu cellar engaged
in filling bombs.
Tn1 Pope has written % the bishops OF
Alsace-Lorraiae to asoid party questions
and give Germany no cause Tor complaint
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-22
eeneral keIfer AYnl orate.

WAsHINGToN, April 15.-General Sheri-
dan contradicts the report that General
Keifer is to be prevented from delivering
the oration at the unwilling OF the Gar
field statue. General Sheridan IS presi-
dent Of the Society of the Army Of the
cumberland, and the officer IN charge Of
the ceremonies. He says there is perfect
harmony between the monument commit
tee and other com mittess of arrange
ments, aud that there is no disposition to
do otherwise than TO allow Keifer the
usual time and afford him every facility
aud courtesy. The invitation was reguias
and those that were dissatisfied had with.
drawn their opposition and there IS nc
hitch or discord about the matter.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-22
Troubles of the National Opera COmpan,

Troubles of the National Opera Company.
New YORK, April 15.-The Times Oma-
ha special says: 'FThe National Opera
Company, returned to Omaha Wednesday
night, and at 10 p. m. Thursday are still
here. After leaving this city Manager
Locke was informed by telegraph that
the Central Pacific had annuled his spec
ial baggage contract and on account of
the Interstate law, would charge full
rates on the baggage from Ogden to San
Francisco. AS this would make a differ
ence of about 81, ,O09 in the expenses of the
trip, Locke turned back. He has been
telegraphing all day to New York friends
and Central Pacific officials in San Fran
cisco, and expects to get started before
daylight. If he does not he will be una
BILE to meet the engagement on Monday
night in San Francisco.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-22

LONDON, April 15.-The Nebraska, with
Buffalo Bills Wild West show on board,
arrived off Gravesend at four O'Clock
yesterday afternoon and came on up to
London in the evening. This voyage
was unexpectedly free from incident.
The Indians endured the trial
of sea sickness with the stoicism charac-
teristic Of their race and seemed to be
possessed of all the Indifference which
one is accustomed to remark in old trav-
elers. Only one horse died, and that was
from natural causes To-day the whole
troupe was disem barked and taken out 70
the American exhibition grounds al
EarIs Court, West Kensingt0n-